#C178BE#C178BE

#C178BE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.129 H 328.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C178BE
RGB	rgb(193, 120, 190)
HSL	hsl(302, 37%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(302, 38%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 1.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, 39.35, -24.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 46.58, 327.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% 0.1099 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.129 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0024, 28.4898, 52.2025)
Luminance	0.2849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C178BE #78C17B

analogous

#A078C1 #C178BE #C1789A

triadic

#C178BE #BEC178 #78BEC1

tetradic

#C178BE #C1A078 #78C17B #789AC1

square

#C178BE #C1A078 #78C17B #789AC1

split-complementary

#C178BE #9AC178 #78C1A0

monochromatic

#833C80 #AD4FA9 #C178BE #D4A2D2 #E8CCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#C178BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#C178BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C178BE

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C178BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C178BE	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748BC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C67E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c178be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 120, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.129 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a0d1',
    500: '#c178be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c178be;
$custom-light: #d5a0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c178be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.466,
    "s": 37.056,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67383,
    "c": 0.12906,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C178BE

secondary

#BDD8BE

accent

#B03B36

background

#FDFAFC

surface

#FAF3F9

border

#D3CDD2

text

#140F14

muted

#837F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C178BE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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